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1876–2024
Lake County, Florida
Lake County·Florida

Lake County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A fast-growing exurban county that has drifted steadily rightward for a decade

18762024·38 elections
Lake County, Florida · Georgia Guercio · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+25
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
412,924
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lee County
FL · similarity 0.99
92 precincts · 226,705 votes cast
Trump · R+25
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−24.7%
84,498140,470226,705
2020R
−20.0%
83,505125,859211,314
2016R
−23.1%
62,838102,188170,462
2012R
−17.1%
61,79987,643150,811
2008R
−13.5%
62,94882,802146,926
2004R
−21.1%
48,22174,389123,950
2000R
−15.2%
36,57150,01088,611
1996R
−7.2%
29,75235,09773,923
1992R
−10.9%
23,20030,82569,787
1988R
−37.7%
16,76637,32754,572
1984R
−48.6%
12,21735,31947,543
1980R
−32.9%
13,12826,79841,528
1976R
−16.1%
14,36919,97634,787
1972R
−65.4%
4,80323,07927,930
1968R
−28.9%
4,59911,76324,804
1964R
−24.8%
7,77312,89720,670
1960R
−44.9%
4,93612,97917,915
1956R
−43.1%
4,32610,88815,214
1952R
−41.3%
3,7979,13212,929
1948R
−1.3%
3,4743,5798,279
1944D
+23.2%
4,3232,6937,016
1940D
+33.4%
5,3222,6597,981
1936D
+33.1%
4,0452,0346,079
1932D
+24.4%
3,0701,8674,937
1928R
−38.4%
1,4743,3834,969
1924D
+16.7%
1,3819482,600
1920D
+38.8%
1,7207342,540
1916D
+42.5%
8863301,307
1912D
+62.1%
59692811
1908D
+34.5%
487200833
1904D
+52.3%
529148728
1900D
+50.2%
492143695
1896D
+45.8%
8703021,240
1892D
+85.7%
1,13701,327
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.6%
African American
8.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
16.0%
Other Christian
12.1%
Baptist
4.9%
Methodist
2.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.5%
Non-Christian
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tucked between Orlando and Ocala, Lake County has absorbed waves of retirees and commuters whose arrival has reinforced rather than diluted its Republican lean, pushing the 2024 presidential margin to nearly 25 points.

The Republican margin in Lake County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was twenty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Lake County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,161, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 412,924 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lee County and Indian River County.